Awards And Accomplishments
---Musician---
2024 Awarded MusicNL's Loud Artist of the Year - The Order of the Precious Blood
2024 NXNE Showcase - The Order of the Precious Blood
2024 ECMA Awards Showcase - The Order of the Precious Blood
2024 Atlantic tour - The Order of the Precious Blood
2024 Host of The Ship Pub's Open Mics
2023 MusicNL MCW Showcase - The Order of the Precious Blood
2023 Nominated MusicNL's Loud Artist of the Year - The Order of the Precious Blood
2023 Newfoundland tour - The Order of the Precious Blood
2023 Atlantic tour - The Order of the Precious Blood
2023 "I No Longer Wish for Salvation" EP - The Order of the Precious Blood
2022 "Bad Hanson" EP - RPM Challenge
2022 "Live in Argentia" Video - Slowpoke
2022 Awarded MusicNL's Loud Artist of the Year - Slowpoke
2021 "Slowpoke" LP - Slowpoke
2021 Solo Acoustic NL tour (13 dates) - Ben Chapman-Smith
---Music Educator---
2024 Launched Ben Chapman-Smith Music
2024 Youth Ventures Via MusicNL - Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship in NL’s Music Sector
2023 Nominated MusicNL Music Educator of the Year
2020 - 2023 School of Rock St John's - Music Director/Casting Director/Guitar, Bass, Drum, and Piano instructor
- Organized 36+ musical productions with 100+ students on 450+ songs
- Directed a team of 12+ private music instructors
- Led the School of Rock House band through a 3 Date European Tour w/ anchor date at Rock in Rio Lisbon Portugal
- Led more than 30 Shows for School of Rock St Johns between 2020 - 2023 including:
Frosty Fest Family Skate at the Mount Pearl Glacier (2023) - 3 Games for the St John’s Rogues (2023) - Sci-Fi on the Rock (2023) - Janeway Telethon (2022) - The Royal St John’s Regatta TV Launch Event (2022) - JDRF Walk for Juvenile Diabetes (2022) - Rock in Rio appreciation event at the Rec Room (2022) The Royal St John’s Regatta (2022) Bowring Park show (2022) - St John’s Santa Claus Parade (2022) - New Year’s Eve Skate at the Mount Pearl Glacier (2022) - 10 End-of-season shows featuring 3 to 5 performances each (2020-2023) - 2 End of Summer performances featuring 5 to 8 performances each (2020-2022) - St John’s Gay Pride Parade (2022) - 6 all ages “Open Jams” at Bridie Molloy’s December (2022-2023)
2019 - 2020 Music Collection and Dance Corner - Guitar and Bass Instructor
2013 - 2015 Stay at Home Music - Guitar, Bass, Drum, Piano, and Ukulele Instructor
2006 - Began teaching freelance - Guitar
---Audio Engineer/Producer---
2024 Archetype RPM Project - “Luck” and “Alone Again”
2024 Some Racket RPM Project - “Melancholy” and “Slipstream”
2024 Carson Dalton RPM Project - “Politician type brain” and “Nostalgia”
2023 - Present Shamrock City St John’s - Live Sound Tech
2022 - 2023 Rec Room St John’s - Live Sound Tech
2023 Engineered and Recorded Bad Hanson RPM EP
2022 Graduated College of the North Atlantic Sound Recording and Production Program
2021 Tracking for "Slowpoke" LP - Slowpoke
2021 Engineered and Recorded Benedict Drinks “Lose Your Delusion” RPM EP
---Event Organizer ---
2024 Newfoundland Weekend tour - Dirt Stache (NS)
2024 3-Day All Ages Newfoundland Weekend tour with Kicker, Archetype and Paranoia
2024 HeavyNFLD Festival - Organizer/Producer/Audio Tech - 3 cities, 3 stages, 30 Newfoundland bands and Helsreach (NS), Thousand Knives (NS), and Filth and Fury (NS)
2024 Nominated as MusicNL’s Volunteer of the Year for Producing HeavyNFLD Fest 2024 as a Volunteer
2024 Atlantic Tour - The Order of the Precious Blood
2023 Atlantic Tour - The Order of the Precious Blood
2023 Newfoundland Weekend tour - Pale Ache (NS) & The Order of The Precious Blood
2023 MusicNL's Music Celebration Week - Event Coordinator
2021 13 Date Newfoundland tour - Ben Chapman-Smith
2013 - 2015 “Hardcore Wednesdays” weekly concert series - A Tribe United
2013 Established “A Tribe United” Promotions company in Toronto
and MANY more events.
